Ionic mechanisms of depolarizing and hyperpolarizing quinine receptor potentials in Paramecium caudatum

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-409

  Oami, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Ion channel; Paramecium; Quinine; Receptor potential

Indexed keywords

PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 0031894589     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050189     Document Type: Article

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